Accessing an Operation

Access an Operation

About This Task

As an operator, you can access the operations in the Ready, In Progress, on Hold, and Completed statuses associated with a machine in the Operations application.

Procedure

  1. Select Operations.
  2. In the Machines drop-down list box, select a machine.
    The Open page appears, displaying a list of open operations in a table with an ascending sort applied in the PRIORITY and MODIFIED ON fields (the field values of the operations with highest priority and the latest modified date appear first in the table). The number of operations that appear in a page depends on the resolution of your computer screen.
    Tip: Select to manually refresh the list of operations in the Open page. You can resize the field (column heading) by using a drag-and-drop operation in the heading row.
  3. Refer to each non-modifiable field that appears in the respective application page as described in the following table.
    OptionDescription
    STATUSThe status of the lot at the operation. For more information, refer to the Operation Status Indicators topic.
    SERIAL/LOTThe lot number or serial number associated with the work order.
    WORK ORDERThe unique identifier of a work order associated with an operation.
    PRIThe order in which the work order must be completed on a machine.
    MATERIALThe material number associated with the operation.
    OPERATIONThe name of the operation.
    MODIFIED ONThe date and time when the operation was last modified. The date and time appear in the format mm/dd hh:mm (for example, 03/27 10:58).
    USER(S)The name of the user who has currently clocked on the serial numbers in the operation. If multiple users have clocked on currently, the number of users appears in the USER(S) field for that operation. Select <number_of_users> to access the list of names of the users who worked on an operation.
    ON/OFFIndicates whether you have currently clocked on or clocked off the serial numbers in the operation.
    Note: Select to show or hide the fields in the table using a drag-and-drop operation.
  4. Select for a field to filter the operations.
  5. Optional: Select an operation to access the BOM parts, instruction documents and quality variables associated with the operation.

Results

The operations appear in the respective application page.

Search for an Operation

Procedure

  1. Select Operations.
  2. In the Machines drop-down list box, select a machine.
    The Open page appears.
  3. In the main navigation bar, select .
    A window containing a list of search options appears.
  4. Specify the appropriate search options as described in the following table.
    OptionDescription
    SERIAL/LOTEnter a serial number or lot number to access the associated operations.
    Tip: To search for an operation using a barcode, select , and then scan for the barcode of the serial number or lot number associated with the operation. The Operations application supports the barcodes of standards Code 39 and Code 128 only.
    WORK ORDEREnter a work order number to access the associated operations.
    Tip: To search for an operation using a barcode, select , and then scan for the barcode of the work order associated with the operation. The Operations application supports the barcodes of standards Code 39 and Code 128 only.
    MATERIALSelect the drop-down list box, and then search for a material to access the associated operations.
    EQUIPMENTSelect the drop-down list box, and then search for an equipment to access the associated operations.
    STATUSSelect the drop-down list box, and then select an operation status to access the associated operations.
    Clocked OnSelect to access the operations that you have currently clocked on.
  5. Select for a field to filter the operations.

Results

The operations based on the specified search criteria appear.
Tip: To clear the results and perform new search, select Clear Results in the respective application page.